"Chae Young, you have a huge danger sign sticker on your forehead!"
Seok Woo knows I hate looking at the mirrors. I'm pretty sure he did this. Now I get it why everyone was giving me the 'look' on the bus.
After a long, tiring day, I walk to my apartment directly, excited for the weekend. I can do my assignment tomorrow and finish the Chinese essay on Sunday.
After taking a shower, I sit next to the table fan and dry my hair. Yes, I was right, Seok Woo walks in with a blank expression and sighs. Poor kid, I hope he passes his math exam.
"It's fine Seok Woo, I'm not going to pester you. You just need to do the dishes, mop the floor, clean the living room, do the laundry, and cook dinner."
He deserves this for sticking something so pathetic on my forehead.
"Noona! Taetae hyung said he'll buy me his new album and even two concert tickets! All I had to do was slap your forehead with a sticker," Seok Woo says.
How does Taehyung manage to bribe everyone? Aish, my life. It's fine, I'll take him on a fake date, push him off the bridge, and watch him drown in the Han river, with salted popcorn.
Taehyung's POV
I was sitting with the other 6 members at the dance studio after the exhausting practice session. As cliché as it sounds, I asked Jin, "hyung, this is about my friend NOT ME! He umm... finds this girl really c-cute and he just wants to spend more time with her but she hates him and-"
"When, why, and how did YOU meet her?" everyone asks at the same time.
But- never mind. It was pretty obvious, I guess. At first, I thought she was just another fan acting like she doesn't know me. But no one would copy-paste the whole math textbook in a conversation. And her brother has jams. Seok Woo has the potential to rock the nation with his looks and voice... like me.
I'm not sure if I like her or anything but I'm pretty sure we can have fun together. Her cute cringe-worthy jokes, her boldness, her light brown eyes that glow like fire under the sun, and especially her height.
"Tae hyung. are. you. ok? That smile is as horrifying as Yoongi hyung when someone wakes him up," Jungkook says with a hey-stob-it look.
"Oh by the way! Where can I get free BTS concert tickets?" I ask as I promised Seok Woo to get him free backstage passes.
Silence. I could literally hear Jin hyung slurp his coffee. Hey! I just wanted two freaking tickets!
"Why would you need tickets for our concert? You realize we're gonna perform right?" Jungkook asks.
Listening to the whole conversation, Namjoon tries telling him that that's not what I meant but ends up facepalming. Hobi watches Namjoon break the light switch and shakes his head in embarrassment.
I just want to... spend some time with her? Just listen to her blabber in Spanish. Wait, I guess it's just some random engineering shit.
(after a couple of hours)
Before switching off the lights, I decide to post my shirtless selca on Weverse, hoping she would see it. Right, she would rather revise a chapter instead of checking Weverse.
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So, I send it to her on Kakao talk. Her profile picture was a picture of.... her STUDY TABLE! I couldn't criticize nor could I judge her; I just smile uncontrollably. I pull Yeontan closer and cuddle him.
"Yeontan-ah! You're gonna miss my cuddles soon. I found someone who's gonna steal your spot!" I whisper and pull the sheets over him.
Seok Woo had told me about how insecure and vulnerable she was. I could sense how lonely she was, she wants to feel wanted.
Yes! I'll go to meet them tomorrow. Reason? concert tickets! I bet she's gonna love them. Ok, to be honest, she'd rather study.
Yeontan barks and wags his tail. I chuckle and tell him, "bow bow yes, that's right! that's a good idea Yeontan. You're the only one who gives the perfect ideas."
The next morning, I put my grey hoodie on and head out to Seok Woo's studio apartment.
Seok Woo opens the door and greets me with a bow. Before I could talk, he shushes me and beckons me to follow him. I tip-toe to a small room and stare at a corpse.
I stare at him wide-eyed. The corpse suddenly starts mumbling something. Seok Woo pulls me closer to her and forces me to put my ear near her face.
"...we can find the flux expressing with radiance Ls and source radius Rs...." she mumbles.
"Yep, noona is sleep talking. This is the reason why I wake up so early. Look at her sleep like a sloth!" Seok Woo whispers.
Hey! She looked cute! 'Taehyung get a hold of yourself. Are you crazy?' the little voice in my head asks me. I snap back to reality and flash a grin.
Seok Woo and I close the door and sit on the sofa. He gets a plate of kimbap and offers it reluctantly.
"I usually eat this before I practice. I'm not sure if you'll like it," he says sheepishly and turns to keep the plate back in the kitchen.
I stop him and take a bite. My hands thoughtlessly take another one and stuff it in my mouth. It tasted exactly like my grandmother's kimbap. I miss her.
"Glad you liked it! Chae Young made it..." Seok Woo says.
